with Steve Fruitman
#289
August 19, 2019
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No One Travels Alone
Special Guest: Jon Brooks
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Hour One
1. Neil Young: Tonight’s The Night (Neil Young) 1975 *
2. Jon Brooks: Proxima B (Jon Brooks) 2018 *
3. Jon Brooks: Todos Caminados Por Esta Caminito (Jon Brooks) 2018 *
4. The Who: Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran / Jerry Capehart) 1970
5. Jon Brooks: Gulfport MS (Jon Brooks) 2018 *
6. Mary Margaret O’Hara: My Friends Have (Mary M O’Hara) 1988 *
7. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Noor Azli Chamkia (Trad) 1982
8. Jon Brooks: High Five (Jon Brooks) 2019 *Hour Two
1. Flying Burrito Brothers: Lazy Day (Gram Parsons) 1970
2. Fleetwood Mac: Dr. Brown (John Thomas Brown / Waymon Glasco) 1968
3. Dino & The Satins: Reuben James (Alex Harvey / Barry Etris) 1979 *
4. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Little Wawa (TC Connors) 1966 *
5. MacKenzie Delta: You’re My Wake-Up (Kitty Best) 1982 *
6. Portage & Main: Good Morning Sunshine (Harold Donnelly / John Sponarski) 2013 *
7. Steve Jordan: Las Coronelas (Esteban Jordan) 1987
8. The Chambers Brothers: All Strung Out Over You (R Clark) 1968
9. Ronnie Prophet: The Phantom of the Opry (Dick Feller / John Knowles) 1979 *
10. The Byrds: 5D (Fifth Dimension) (Jim McGuinn) 1966
11. Buffalo Springfield: Out Of My Mind (Neil Young) 1966
12. Willie P Bennett: The Lucky Ones (Willie P Bennett) 1989 *
13. The Sadies: Starting All Over Again (Sadies) 2013 *
14. Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas: I Call Your Name (Lennon / McCartney) 1963
15. Flaco Jimenez: El Rosalito (Trad) 1980CanCon = 57%
And Now for The Particulars:Hour One
Jon Brooks b. King City ON, 1968
former member of The Norge Union, Days of You and The Headstones.
Jon Brooks first came to my attention in December 2005 via Pat Simmonds who was, at that time, host of CIUT’s Atlantic Ceilidh show. Jon was part of a live Winter Season broadcast featuring Magoo, Laura Bird, Jon Brooks, Danny Bakan, Chris McKhool, David Woodhead, Daithi Connaughton and Loka: Loretto Reid, October Browne, Kelly Hood & Anne Lederman. Jon sang How Good It Is To Love Someone, How Right It Is To Care and Mimico.
I was so impressed with Jon that I invited him on as guest of my Back To The Sugarcamp program in March 2006 where he sang Kept Plans and Stairwell Anniversary live.
In March 2007 Pat Simmonds handed me a demo for an album he was producing for Jon called Ours And The Shepherds from which I chose to play Tajik Boy.
While I was doing folk oriented music shows at CIUT, I started handing out Porcupine Awards to those who deserved some kind of recognition for the music they give to us. In 2008, at the 19th Annual Awards Ceremony held live over CIUT, I gave Jon the Mac Beattie Award for singing identifiably Canadian songs. Like Mimico. Jon was back that year for another The Sugar Camp: Atlantic Ceilidh Seasonal 2 hour Seasonal Special where he sang You Are Loved, Auction Days and War Resister.
By 2011 I was so enthralled with Jon’s songs that I present him with the Golden Quill Award for songwriting at that year’s Porcupine Awards show. Thus he joined the ranks of Rosemary Phelan, Jory Nash, Tannis Slimmon, David Francey, Stephen Fearing, David Bradstreet, Brian Blain, Danny Bakan, Bob Snider, Willie P Bennett et all: - the list goes back to 1991!
The last time I played one of his songs over the air was in June 2013, just a few months before I started doing this show 33.45.78 and concentrating on vinyl records. The song I chose for that occasion was Mimico: still one of my favourites.
In 2014 Jon released The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside. 2018 saw the release of, what I think is best record yet, No One Travels Alone which is available on vinyl. This album was recorded in a style called Corona in which each song begins with the last lines of the song before until the last song circles back to the first one on the album. It was rated as one of the best releases of 2018 by National Public Radio in the States. Over the years he’s been nominated six times for Canadian Folk Music Awards but has yet to win one which, to me, is kind of mind boggling. Wake up Canadian Folk Music Awards!
And now, in 2019, Jon Brooks is releasing a single High Five and another LP called Moth Nor Rust II.
1. Neil Young: Tonight’s The Night (Neil Young)
Tonight’s The Night: Reprise MS 2221
Toronto / Winnipeg / California
Neil Young: piano, vocal
Ben Keith: steel
Ralph Molina: drums
Billy Talbot: guitar
Nils Lofgren: bass
Produced by David Briggs & Neil Young, 1975
Recorded by David Briggs at Studio Instrument Rentals, Hollywood2. Jon Brooks: Proxima B (Jon Brooks)
No One Travels Alone: Borealis Records BCD251
Toronto ON
Jon Brooks: vocal, guitars, iTanpura
Neil Cruickshank: guitar, vocals
Alec Fraser: bass
Ed Hanley: tablas
John Showman: violins
Produced by Alec Fraser, 2018
Recorded in an old dancehall somewhere in Hamilton ON
Mastered by Peter J Moore3. Jon Brooks: Todos Caminados Por Esta Caminito (Jon Brooks) 2018 *
No One Travels Alone: Borealis Records BCD251
Toronto ON
Jon Brooks: vocal, guitars
Neil Cruickshank: guitar, vocals
Alec Fraser: bass, percussion, vocals
John Showman: violins
Produced by Alec Fraser, 2018
Recorded in an old dancehall somewhere in Hamilton ON
Mastered by Peter J Moore4. The Who: Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran / Jerry Capehart)
The Who Live At Leeds: Track Records MCA-2022
London UK
Pete Townsend: guitar, vocals
Keith Moon: drums
John Entwistle: bass
Roger Daltry: vocal
Produced by Kit Lambert and Jon Astley, 1970
Recorded by Bob Pridden at the University Refectory, University of Leeds on 14 February 1970This is the only live album that was released while The Who were still in their original line-up of Roger Daltry, Pete Townsend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon. After touring the US with Tommy, group returned to England at the end of 1969 with a desire to release a live album from concerts recorded earlier in the US. However, Townsend balked at the prospect of listening to all the recordings to try and decide which tracks would make the best album and instructed sound engineer Bob Pridden to burn the tapes. Which he did. Two shows were consequently scheduled, one at the University of Leeds and the other in Hull, for the express purpose of recording and releasing a live album. Since its release, Live at Leeds has been cited by several music critics as the best live rock recording of all time.
5. Jon Brooks: Gulfport MS (Jon Brooks) 2018 *
No One Travels Alone: Borealis Records BCD251
Toronto ON
Jon Brooks: vocal, guitars
Neil Cruickshank: hand drum
Alec Fraser: bass, percussion
John Showman: violin
Produced by Alec Fraser, 2018
Recorded in an old dancehall somewhere in Hamilton ON
Mastered by Peter J Moore6. Mary Margaret O’Hara: My Friends Have (Mary Margaret O’Hara)
Miss America: Virgin Records: VL 2559
Toronto ON
Rusty McCarthy, guitar
Hendrik Riik, bass
Michael Sloski, drums
Produced by Mary Margaret O'Hara and Michael Brook 1988
Recorded by Paul Cobbold at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales UK; Joe
Primeau at Phase One Studios, Toronto; Stephen Traub at Comfort Sound, Toronto
Mixed at Comfort Sound by Michael Brook and Mary Margaret O'Hara
Mastered at The Townhouse, London UK7. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Noor Azli Chamkia (Trad)
Music & Rhythm: Passport Records PD 7501
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: lead vocal
Mujahed Mubarek Ali Khan: vocals
Farakh Ali Khan: harmonium, vocals
M Iqbal Qusori: vocals
Thalid: vocals
Produced 1982Pervez Fateh Ali Khan b. Faisalabad, Pakistan Oct 13, 1948 / d. Aug 16, 1997 London UK (48)
Born into a family of Qawwali singers that went back through the generations for over 600 years. He was asked to perform at the 1985 WOMAD festival in London where he was well received. He teamed up with Peter Gabriel to record on the soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ.
8. Jon Brooks: High Five (Jon Brooks)
Single: Fallen Tree Records
Toronto ON
Jon Brooks: guitar, vocal
Joe Ernewein: electric guitar
John Showman: vioilin
Vivienne Wilder: double bass, vocals
Produced by Jason LaPrade and Neil Cruickshank, 2019This is a new single from the next Jon Brooks album Moth Nor Rust II.
Hour Two
1. The Flying Burrito Brothers: Lazy Day (Gram Parsons)
Burrito Deluxe: A&M SP 4258
Los Angeles CA
Mike Clark: drums
Pete Kleinow: pedal steel
Bernie Leadon: guitar, dobro
Chris Hillman: bass, mandolin, vocal
Gram Parsons: vocal, piano, guitar
Produced by Jim Dickson & Henry Lewy, 1970
Recorded by Henry LewyFrom the 2nd Burrito Bros album featuring guitarist Bernie Leadon just before he joined The Eagles. Leadon and ex-Byrd drummer Mike Clark had been playing with Doug Dillard and Gene Clark. After the release of the first Burrito Album, The Gilded Palace of Sin, both joined The Burritos for Burrito Deluxe. Leader Gram Parsons was then fired from the band in the summer of 1970 for being too drunk to play, or for totally missing gigs entirely.
2. Fleetwood Mac: Doctor Brown (John Thomas Brown / Waymon Glasco)
English Rose: Epic Records: BN 26446
London UK
Peter Green: guitar
Danny Kirwin: guitar
Jeremy Spencer: piano
Mick Fleetwood: drums
John McVie: bass
Produced by Mike Vernon, 19683. Dino & The Satins: Reuben James (Alex Harvey / Barry Etris)
Dino & The Satins: WREN Records C 106
Charlottetown PEI
Deryl ‘Dino’ Dunsford: vocals
Gary Chipman: lead guitar, vocals
Doug MacEwen: keys, vocals
Ron Peterson: bass, vocals
Doug King: drums
Produced by Fivetake Group Productions, circa 1979This is the second album released by Dino & The Satins (the first was 1977 Party Album). Dino Dunsford began playing with rock band the Satins back in the 1960s and now does Celtic, country and gospel music. He still plays music on PEI. He also fronted Shake Rattle N Roll band. He’s won multiple awards for performing in PEI.
Wrong spellings on the album for Rueben and base (guitar).
4. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Little Wawa (TC Connors)
45 rpm Single bw Northern Gentleman: Twang Records QC-387
Halton Hills, ON
Tom Connors: guitar, vocals
Produced 1965
Recorded at radio station CKGB, TimminsThe 45 credits Tom Connors Singing With Guitar. It was recorded up in Timmins and released in 1966. Previous releases by Tom (before he was called Stompin’ Tom) from the Timmins era were released on local radio station label CKGB Records. This was the only release on the Twang label. Like his 1965 releases, these records were mostly sold at his shows at the Maple Leaf Hotel in Timmins and other northern bars where Tom played in those days.
5. MacKenzie Delta: You’re My Wake-Up (Kitty Best)
45 single bw Who’ll Buy You Roses: Altair Four Record Productions WRC3-2138
Inuvik NT
Brian Turner
Dale Basnett
Ron Dillman: guitar
Tom Barnaby
Produced 1982This was put out by a small record label out of Lanark ON but recorded up in Inuvik NT. They also had a four song EP recorded for the CBC. Ron Dillman also recorded a half album for CBC’s Northern Services (the other side by Terry Cousineau). Ron Dillman called Mackenzie Delta a band consisting of an Inuit and three white brothers travelling to gigs in a DC3.
6. Portage & Main: Good Morning Sunshine (Harold Donnelly / John Sponarski)
Never Had The Time: Knuckleduster Music 20969 99395
Vancouver BC
Harold Donnelly: guitars, vocals
John Sponarski: guitars, harmonica, vocals
Georges Couling: keys
Ben Appenheimer: bass
Ben Brown: drums
Savanah Wellman: vocals
Matt Kelly: steel
Indiana Avent: fiddle
Malcolm Holt: tambourine
Produced by Georges Couling, 2013
Recorded by Georges Couling at DCM Studios and Knuckleduster Studios, Vancouver
Mastered by Brock McFarlane at CPS Mastering7. Steve Jordan: Las Coronelas (Esteban Jordan)
"El Corrido de Jhonny 'El' Pachuco": Arhoolie Records 3023
Elsa TX
Esteban Jordan: accordion, vocals
Steve Jordan Jr: percussion
Charlie Hattrick: bass
Bonnie Jordan: Silver Jordan
Produced by Chris Strachwitz, 1987Esteban Jordan: b. Elsa TX February 23, 1939 / d. August 13, 2010 Texas (71)
“The Jimi Hendrix of the accordion”
Able to play 35 different instruments, Jordan was a master Conjunto accordion player who loved using modern technology to enhance his music. Thus the use of phasers, fuzztones and echo chambers and other synthesizers to make his accordion stand out. Hohner accordions made a Steve Jordan signature accordion in his honour called the “Rockordeon”. He was nominated for a Grammy in 1987 but lost to Flaco Jimenez! Esteban was inducted to the South Texas Conjunto Music Hall Of Fame on May 27, 2001. Also the National Hispanic Music Hall Of Fame in 2003. Esteban battled cancer for four years and died of complications liver cancer in 2010.
8. The Chambers Brothers: All Strung Out Over You (R Clark)
The Time Has Come: Columbia CS 9522
Los Angeles CA
Lester Chambers: harmonica
Joe Chambers: guitar
Willie Chambers: guitar
George Chambers: bass
Brian Keenan: drums
Produced by Tim Obrien, 1968
Recorded by Fred Catero & Roy Segal9. Ronnie Prophet: The Phantom of the Opry (Dick Feller / John Knowles)
45 single bw Livin’ and Lovin’ Hondo: Cachet Records CS4-45-4
Hawksbury ON
Ronnie Prophet: vocals
Produced by Pete Drake, 1979 *Ronald Lawrence Victor Prophet b. Calumet Island QC Dec 26, 1937 / d. March 2, 2018 Florida (80)
Celebrated Canadian country singer known for his TV program The Ronnie Prophet Show in 1974. He won Junos for Country Male Vocalist of the Year in 1978 and 79; 1984 winner of Canadian Country Music Entertainer of the Year and elected to the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985. In 1999 he was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Phantom of the Orpry reached no. 3 on the Canadian Country Music charts, his best showing. He also recorded several singles and albums with his wife, Glory-Anne Carriere from Gravelbourg, SK. Jerry Reed also had a hit with this song.
10. The Byrds: 5D (Fifth Dimension) (Jim McGuinn)
45 single bw Captain Soul: Columbia Records US 4-43702
Los Angeles CA
Jim McGuinn: lead guitar, vocals
David Crosby: rhythm guitar, vocals
Chris Hillman: electric bass, vocals
Michael Clarke: drums
Van Dyke Parks: organ
Produced by Allen Stanton 1966
Recorded May 24-25, 1966 at Columbia Studios, HollywoodA song about Einstein’s theory was mistakenly taken to be a drug song about LSD resulting in a ban from most American radio stations (most of whom played Eight Miles High).
11. Buffalo Springfield: Out Of My Mind (Neil Young) 1967
Los Angeles CA / Ontario
Buffalo Springfield: Atco Records Mono 33-200-A
Neil Young, guitar, harmonica, piano, lead vocal
Steve Stills, guitar, keys, vocals
Richie Furay, rhythm guitar, vocals
Dewey Martin, drums
Bruce Palmer, bass
Produced by Charles Greene, Brian Stone, 1966
Recorded August 1966 by Tom May, Doc Siegel, James Hilton, Stan Ross
Mixing: Buffalo Springfield, Charles Greene, Brian StoneBruce Palmer b. Liverpool NS Sept 9, 1946 / d. Oct 1, 2004 Belleville ON (58)
Bruce moved from Nova Scotia to Toronto in the early 60s to play music on the hip Toronto scene. He played with Robbie Lane & The Disciples, pre-Stepponwolf The Sparrows, and by 1965 The Mynah Birds where he met Neil Young. After the breakup of the Mynah Birds, Neil and Bruce bought a hearse and drove it to California. While stuck in LA traffic they were spotted by Steve Stills who knew Neil from his Thunder Bay days.
Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff aka Dewey Martin b. Chesterville ON Sept 30, 1940 / d. Jan 31, 2009 Van Nuys CA
Started playing drums when he was 13 in Eastern Ontario. His first bands were The Jive Rockets then Bernie Early & The Early Birds where he was spotted and brought down to Nashville where he worked with Carl Perkins, The Everly Bros, Patsy Cline, Charlie rich and Roy Orbison. By 1963 he was taken by Los Angeles where he joined Lucky Lee and the Blue Diamonds. He played with the Standells for a while before joining The Modern Folk Quartet and the Dillards. He was fired by Doug Dillard who recommended him for a new band called Buffalo Springfield.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1997
12. Willie P Bennett: The Lucky Ones (Willie P Bennett)
The Lucky Ones: Duke Street Records – DSR 31059
Peterborough ON
Willie P Bennett: vocal, high string guitar
Danny Greenspoon: guitar
Al Cross: drums
Tom Griffiths: bass
Jack Semple: guitar
Mike Holder: pedal steel
Lori Yates, Colleen Peterson, Russel deCarle: bg vocal
Produced by Danny Greenspoon, 1989
Recorded by Jeff Wolpert and David Stinson at Inception Sound, TorontoWilliam Patrick "Willie P." Bennett (b. Toronto 26 October 1951 – d. Peterborough 15 February 2008)
13. The Sadies: Starting All Over Again (The Sadies)
Internal Sounds: YepRoc Records YEP-2353
S. Ontario
Mike Belitsky: drums
Sean Dean: bass
Dallas Good: guitar, organ, vocal
Travis Good: guitars, fiddle, vocal
Produced by Dallas Good, 2013
Recorded by Guillermo Subauste
Mastered by Peter J Moore at The E Room, Toronto14. Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas: I Call Your Name (John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
45 single: Parlophone Records R 5049: Northern Songs
Liverpool UK
Billy J Kramer: vocal
Tony Mansfield: drums
Robin MacDonald: guitar
Ray Jones: bass
Mike Maxfield: lead guitar
Produced by George Martin, 1963
Recorded at Abby Road Studios, July 196315. Flaco Jimenez: El Rosalito (Trad)
El Sonido de San Antonio: Arhoolie Records 3014
San Antonio TX
Leonardo ‘Flaco’ Jimenez: accordion, vocals
Hugo Gonzalez: bajo sexto, vocals
Fred Ojeda: vocals
Isaac Garcia: drums
Ruben Valle: bass
Joey Lopez: bajo sexto
Produced by Chris Strachwitz and Flaco Jimenez, 1980
Recorded at ZAZ Studios, San Antonio, 1979 by Robert BlackstoneEl Flaco means the skinny one! Flaco’s father, Santiago Sr. was the original Flaco. Flaco’s brother, Santiago Jr is also a great Conjunto accordion player.
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